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Mattermost Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 27, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 28, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/v6 (Go)

Affected versions

< 7.8.13

Patched versions

7.8.13
gomod github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8 (Go)
>= 9.1.0, < 9.1.1
>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.2
< 8.1.4
9.1.1
9.0.2
8.1.4

Description

Mattermost fails to limit the amount of data extracted from compressed archives during board import in Mattermost Boards allowing an attacker to consume excessive resources, possibly leading to Denial of Service, by importing a board using a specially crafted zip (zip bomb).

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 27, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 27, 2023
Reviewed Nov 28, 2023
Last updated Nov 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-48268

GHSA ID

GHSA-j4c3-3h73-74m9

Source code

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